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HOWARD U. AOKERMAN, OF NORTH INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,594, dated December 6, 1892.

Application led May 17, 1892. Serial No. 433,292. (No model.)

.To all whom t nuty concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD U. ACKER- MAN, of North Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State ot- Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved rack which is simple and durable in construction, cheap to manufacture, and more especially designed for supporting hats and other Wearing-apparel, towels, and the like.

The invention consists of a special fastening device for attaching the brackets to a support.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this speciication, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the gures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation ofthe improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same.

The improved rack, as illustrated in Figs. l and 2,is provided with a base-board A, adapted to be attached to the wall or other suitable support. On this board A is held a series of brackets B, connected with each other by rods C, forming a top shelf, and on each bracket are formed hooks D, arranged one in front of and above the other, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2. From each bracket B extend rearwardpins E, passing through enlarged openings F, formed transversely in the wall-board A. On the rear end of each pin E is formed a downwardly-extending lug E', adapted to engage the back of the Wall-board A after the pins E are seated in the bottoms of the openings F. In order to lock the pins E, and consequently the brackets B, in place, a screw G screws through the top of the wall-boardAto pass into the opening F to engage the top of the uppermost pin E, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2. The said screw by engaging the pin E locks the same in place to prevent the bracket B from being moved outward, as the lugs E,engaging the back of the wall-board, prevent such movement. A sidewise motion is not possible, as at least two pins E are employed, one above the other.

Instead of the screw G for locking each bracket in place, a nail H may be employed, driven into the wall-board A over the top of the bracket, the outer projecting end of the nail engaging the top of the bracket, as shown, thus preventing rising ot' the latter to disengage the lugs E from the back of the wallboard A.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A rack comprising a bracket, pins projecting from the said bracket and each formed with a downwardly-,extending lug, a. wallboard formed with enlarged openings for the passage of the said pins and their lugs, and means, substantially as described, for holding the said pins in the bottom of the said openingsito engage the lugs of the pins with the back of the wall-board, as set forth.

2. A rack comprising a series of brackets, each formed with hooks, rods connecting the said brackets with each other to form a shelf, pins projecting from the rear end of each bracket, each pin having a downwardly-extending lug, a Wall-board formed with enlarged openings for the passage of the said pins and lugs, and a screw or nail for fastening the said bracket in place to hold the pins inthe bottoms of the openings, so that the lugs of the pins abut against the back ot' the wall-board, substantially as shown and described.

HOWARD U. ACKERMAN.

Witnesses:

C. A. OWEN, J E. OWEN. 

